50 Best Songs About an Ex You Still Love
Songs That Capture Loving an Ex You Can’t Let Go
There’s a strange quiet that comes when someone’s gone but not really gone. You scroll through photos you swore you deleted, replay conversations you should’ve let fade, and there’s this song that slips in at the worst time. It doesn’t help or heal. It just sits there, heavy in your chest, like a reminder that moving on never works the way people say it does. Some of these tracks feel like standing outside a place you used to belong, trying to act fine while something inside you keeps flinching.
The thing is, the best ones never sound clean. They wander between regret and hope, sometimes pretending to be over it, sometimes cracking mid-line. You get pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that stretch across moods and decades, all hitting that same bruise from different angles. Some tracks aren’t literally about that person you still love, but the feeling fits. That same ache shows up in unexpected places—a melody that catches you off guard, a lyric that sounds too familiar.
These are the songs that make you linger a little longer before skipping. The kind that pull old feelings back into focus, no matter how far you’ve tried to drift. Here are the best songs about an ex you still love.
Top 10 Ex-Lover Feelings Songs
1. 'All Too Well' by Taylor Swift
2. 'Someone Like You' by Adele
3. 'I'm Still in Love with You' by Al Green
4. 'Back to December' by Taylor Swift
5. 'Nothing Compares 2 U' by Sinéad O'Connor
6. 'The Scientist' by Coldplay
7. 'I Can't Make You Love Me' by Bonnie Raitt
8. 'Ghost' by Halsey
9. 'Lay Me Down' by Sam Smith
10. 'Where You Are' by Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey
Best Songs for Missing a Former Partner #11 to 20
11. 'You're Gonna Live Forever In Me' by John Mayer
12. 'Love Is a Laserquest' by Arctic Monkeys
13. 'Dancing On My Own' by Robyn
14. 'drivers license' by Olivia Rodrigo
15. 'Need the Sun to Break' by James Bay
16. 'When You're Gone' by Avril Lavigne
17. 'Tired of Being Alone' by Al Green
18. 'I Miss You' by Beyoncé
19. 'Wildfire' by Marianas Trench
20. 'Here Without You' by 3 Doors Down
Top Breakup Songs When You Still Care #21 to 30
21. 'Falling' by Harry Styles
22. 'Breathe (2 AM)' by Anna Nalick
23. 'Far Away' by Nickelback
24. 'I Will Remember You' by Sarah McLachlan
25. 'Hello Darlin'' by Conway Twitty
26. 'A Picture Of Me (Without You)' by George Jones
27. 'Since U Been Gone' by Kelly Clarkson
28. 'Yesterday' by The Beatles
29. 'I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself' by The White Stripes
30. 'I Miss You' by blink-182
Emotional Songs About Exes and Hope #31 to 40
31. 'Un-Break My Heart' by Toni Braxton
32. 'It Must Have Been Love' by Roxette
33. 'Where's The Love' by Hanson
34. 'I Almost Do' by Taylor Swift
35. 'Missing You' by Diana Ross
36. 'Love and Happiness' by Al Green
37. 'Hopelessly Devoted To You' by Olivia Newton-John
38. 'Love Me Like You Do' by Ellie Goulding
39. 'My All' by Mariah Carey
40. 'Heartbreak Anniversary' by Giveon
Reflective Songs on Past Relationships #41 to 50
41. 'Lose You To Love Me' by Selena Gomez
42. 'If We Fall In Love' by Angela Ken
43. 'Back To Friends' by sombr
44. 'She's Out Of My Life' by Michael Jackson
45. 'I Knew You When' by Marianas Trench
46. 'I Thought She Knew' by *NSYNC
47. 'Broken Vow' by Lara Fabian
48. 'Bruises' by Lewis Capaldi
49. 'One More Day' by VAST
50. 'What Hurts The Most' by Rascal Flatts
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